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2007–08 APOEL FC season

The 2007–08 season was APOEL's 68th season in the Cypriot First Division and 80th year in existence as a football club.

APOEL
2007–08 season
ChairmanKyriakos Zivanaris
ManagerMarinos Ouzounidis
(Until 6 January 2008)
Ivan Jovanović
(From 8 January 2008)
StadiumGSP Stadium, Nicosia
Cypriot First Division2nd
Cypriot CupWinners
Cyprus FA ShieldRunners-up
UEFA Champions LeagueFirst qualifying round
Top goalscorerLeague:
Constantinos Makrides (13)
All:
Constantinos Makrides (15)
Highest home attendance17,446 vs Omonia
(8 December 2007)
Lowest home attendance373 vs Aris Limassol
(30 January 2008)
Average home league attendance6,445 (all competitions)

The club won the championship the previous season so it played in the UEFA Champions League qualifiers.

Manager Marinos Ouzounidis left the club by mutual consent on 6 January 2008, due to the club's lower-than-expected performance in the Cypriot First Division and two days later he was replaced by Ivan Jovanović who managed to help the club to win the Cypriot Cup at the end of the season.[1]

Squad edit

Last update: 16 April 2008[2]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK   CYP Michalis Morfis
4 DF   GRE Michalis Kapsis
5 DF   ROU Daniel Florea
7 MF   CYP Constantinos Charalambides
8 DF   FRA Bark Seghiri
9 FW   GRE Nikos Machlas
11 MF   CYP Marios Louka
12 GK   MKD Jane Nikolovski
14 DF   NED Joost Broerse
15 DF   CYP Marios Antoniades
17 MF   CYP Marinos Satsias (captain)
18 DF   CYP Demetris Daskalakis
20 MF   CYP Constantinos Makrides
No. Pos. Nation Player
23 MF   POR Helio Pinto
24 DF   GRE Christos Kontis
26 DF   POR Nuno Morais
30 FW   SRB Nenad Mirosavljević
31 FW   BRA Zé Carlos
32 DF   ALB Altin Haxhi
33 MF   CYP Chrysis Michael
40 MF   CYP Giorgos Economides
60 GK   CYP Kyriacos Ioannou
69 FW   SRB Nemanja Corović
71 MF   CYP Marios Theodorou
77 DF   CYP Panayiotis Panayiotou
88 GK   CYP Tasos Kissas

Squad changes edit

In:

No.
 Pos.
 Nat.
 Name
 Age
 EU
 Moving from
 Type
 Transfer
window 		Ends
 Transfer
fee 		Source
26 DM   Morais 23 EU Chelsea   Transfer  Y Summer 2009 Free reuters.com
12 GK   Nikolovski 33 Non-EU Slaven Belupo   Transfer  Y Summer 2009 Free —
6 DM   Emerson 35 EU AEK Athens   Transfer  Y Summer 2008 Free uefacup.com
21 LW   Tavares 23 Non-EU Porto Alegre   Transfer  Y Summer 2010 Free —
14 CF   Evilasio 27 Non-EU Porto Alegre   Transfer  Y Summer 2008 Free —
31 CF   Zé Carlos 32 EU Braga   Transfer  Y Summer 2009 Free uefa.com
7 RW   Rubens 22 Non-EU Villa Rio   Loan → Summer 2008 Free —
69 CF   Corović 31 Non-EU AEL Limassol Loan → Summer 2008 Free —
32 LB   Haxhi 32 EU Ergotelis   Transfer  Y Winter 2009 Free —
14 CB   Broerse 28 EU Utrecht   Transfer  Y Winter 2009 Free nu.nl
30 CF   Mirosavljević 30 Non-EU Smederevo   Transfer  Y Winter 2009 Free —
7 RW   Charalambides 26 EU Carl Zeiss Jena   Transfer  Y Winter 2010 Free —

Total expenditure:   €0

Out:

N
 Pos.
 Nat.
 Name
 Age
 EU
 Moving to
 Type
 Transfer
window 		Transfer
fee 		Source
9 LW   Gómez 32 Non-EU Deportivo Saprissa   Loan return → Summer — —
99 CF   Neophytou 30 EU AEK Larnaca End of contract  N Summer Free —
22 LB   Sampson 25 EU AEL Limassol End of contract  N Summer Free —
29 CF   Solari 26 EU UNAM   Transfer  Y Summer €200K —
6 CB   Okkarides 29 EU Apollon Limassol End of contract  N Summer Free —
12 GK   Kythreotis 26 EU ASIL Lysi End of contract  N Summer Free —
7 RW   Barreto 24 Non-EU Universidad San Martín   Mutual consent  N Summer Free —
14 CF   Evilasio 27 Non-EU Pelita Bandung Raya   Contract termination  N Winter Free —
19 RB   Elia 28 EU Ethnikos Achna Loan → Winter Free —
7 RW   Rubens 23 Non-EU Villa Rio   Loan return → Winter — —
21 LW   Tavares 23 Non-EU Maribor   Mutual consent  N Winter Free —
22 LM   Sapanis 31 EU Ionikos   Mutual consent  N Winter Free —
6 DM   Emerson 35 EU Madureira   Mutual consent  N Winter Free —
10 AM   Fernandes 29 EU Metalurh Donetsk   Transfer  Y Winter €200K —

Total income:   €400K

Last updated: 31 January 2008

Club edit

Other information edit

Chairman   Kyriakos Zivanaris
Ground (capacity and dimensions) GSP Stadium (22,859 / 105x68 m)

Source: apoelfc.com.cy

Competitions edit

Overall edit

Competition Started round Final
position / round 		First match Last match
Marfin Laiki League — 2nd 2 September 2007 10 May 2008
UEFA Champions League 1st qualifying 1st qualifying 17 July 2007 24 July 2007
Cypriot Cup 4th round Winners 24 October 2007 17 May 2008
Cyprus FA Shield Final Runners-up 25 August 2008

Updated to match played 20 May 2008
Source: Competitions

Marfin Laiki League edit

Main article: 2007–08 Cypriot First Division

Classification edit

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Anorthosis Famagusta 26 19 7 0 49 13 +36 64 Qualification for second round, Group A
2 APOEL 26 16 5 5 51 19 +32 53
3 Omonia 26 14 6 6 36 22 +14 48
4 AEK Larnaca 26 12 5 9 34 32 +2 41
5 Apollon Limassol 26 10 9 7 40 33 +7 39 Qualification for second round, Group B
Source: soccerway.com

Results summary edit

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
32 18 7 7 58 28  +30 61 12 2 2 33 10  +23 6 5 5 25 18  +7

Last updated: 11 May 2008.
Source: soccerway.com

Results by round edit

Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132
GroundHAHAHHAHAHAHAAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHHA
ResultWLWLWWDWWWDWDDLDLWWWWWWWLWWDLWDL
Updated to match(es) played on 11 May 2008. Source: apoelfc.com.cy
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Playoffs table edit

The first 12 teams are divided into 3 groups. Points are carried over from the first round.

Group A edit

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Anorthosis Famagusta (C) 32 20 12 0 58 19 +39 72 Qualification for Champions League first qualifying round
2 APOEL 32 18 7 7 58 28 +30 61 Qualification for UEFA Cup first qualifying round
3 Omonia 32 14 10 8 42 31 +11 52
4 AEK Larnaca 32 14 8 10 46 42 +4 50
Source: [citation needed]
(C) Champions

Matches edit

All times for the Domestic Competitions at EET

Regular season edit

APOEL3–2Doxa
Machlas   53', 70'
Michael   71' (pen.)		 Report Da Costa   26', 84'
Attendance: 7,950
Referee: Panikos Andronikou
Anorthosis1–0APOEL
Nikolaou   57' Report
Attendance: 7,922
Referee: Panayiotis Gerasimou
APOEL4–0APOP Kinyras
Michael   14', 71' (pen.)
Makrides   30'
Machlas   42'		 Report
Attendance: 6,549
Referee: Harris Glykis
EN Paralimni1–0APOEL
Eleftheriou   44' Report
Tasos Markos Stadium, Paralimni
Attendance: 2,332
Referee: Panikos Andronikou
APOEL3–1Nea Salamis
Satsias   65'
Machlas   68'
Fernandes   79'		 Report Dolores   63'
Attendance: 6,934
Referee: Panikos Andronikou
APOEL2–0
Awarded[note 1]		Apollon
Pinto   30'
Machlas   36'		 Report
Attendance: 10,389
Referee: Stelios Trifonos
Olympiakos2–2APOEL
González   27'
Panigutti   67'		 Report Machlas   50'
Makrides   74'
Attendance: 6,844
Referee: Antonis Constantinides
APOEL1–0AEK
Makrides   55' (pen.) Report
Attendance: 6,576
Referee: Leontios Trattou
Alki0–4APOEL
Report Machlas   21', 59'
Makrides   67'
Fernandes   70'
Attendance: 1,951
Referee: Harris Glykis
APOEL2–1Ethnikos Achna
Kontis   16'
Michael   74'		 Report Georgiades   59'
Attendance: 6,931
Referee: Leontios Trattou
Aris2–2APOEL
Mihalcea   62'
Seper   75'		 Report Makrides   13'
Michael   90+5' (pen.)
Attendance: 2,456
Referee: Petros Panayides
APOEL1–0Omonia
Makrides   16' (pen.) Report
Attendance: 17,446
Referee: Stelios Trifonos
AEL1–1APOEL
Tiquinho   62' Report Pinto   43'
Attendance: 5,645
Referee: Marios Tsaggaris
Doxa2–2APOEL
Kamal   52'
Da Costa   88'		 Report Daskalakis   11'
Makrides   38' (pen.)
Attendance: 3,850
Referee: Antonis Constantinides
APOEL0–1Anorthosis
Report Skopelitis   90+1'
Attendance: 12,968
Referee: Costas Kapitanis
APOP Kinyras1–1APOEL
Efthymiou   90+2' Report Corović   84'
Peyia Municipal Stadium, Peyia, Paphos
Attendance: 1,670
Referee: Stelios Tryfonos
APOEL0–1EN Paralimni
Report Freddy   45'
Attendance: 4,256
Referee: Marios Panayi
Nea Salamis1–3APOEL
Louka   83' (pen.) Report Zé Carlos   36', 45', 59'
Attendance: 807
Referee: Marios Tsaggaris
Apollon0–2
Awarded[note 2]		APOEL
Risso   30' (pen.)
Torresi   32'		 Report Zé Carlos   19'
Michael   90+3' (pen.)
Attendance: 5,676
Referee: Marios Stamatis
APOEL4–0Olympiakos
Corović   19'
Makrides   44'
Broerse   86'
Charalambides   89'		 Report
Attendance: 5,554
Referee: Panayiotis Gerasimou
AEK0–3APOEL
Report Zé Carlos   58', 67'
Makrides   81'
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Christos Ilia
APOEL3–0Alki
Machlas   15'
Broerse   86'
Satsias   90+2'		 Report
Attendance: 3,976
Referee: Marios Tsaggaris
Ethnikos Achna0–2APOEL
Report Machlas   23'
Makrides   79'
Attendance: 1,300
Referee: Harris Glykis
APOEL3–0Aris
Charalambides   45', 88'
Louka   72'		 Report
Attendance: 3,884
Referee: Panikos Andronikou
Omonia2–1APOEL
Cafú   21'
Maris   78'		 Report Mirosavljević   36'
Attendance: 15,789
Referee: Christos Ilia
APOEL2–0AEL
Makrides   52' (pen.) Report
Attendance: 4,993
Referee: Stelios Tryfonos

Playoffs edit

Omonia1–2APOEL
Kaiafas   21' (pen.) Report Michael   42' (pen.)
Charalambides   80'
Attendance: 11,306
Referee: Georgios Kasnaferis
APOEL1–1Anorthosis
Zé Carlos   90+2' Report Nikolaou   82'
Attendance: 10,027
Referee: Michalis Koukoulakis
AEK1–0APOEL
Paiva   85' Report
Attendance: 925
Referee: Leontios Trattou
APOEL2–1AEK
Michael   62' (pen.)
Mirosavljević   73'		 Report Adorno   82'
Attendance: 2,740
Referee: Yiannis Anastasiou
APOEL2–2Omonia
Makrides   33'
Kontis   69'		 Report Kaseke   31'
Chailis   54'
Attendance: 3,693
Referee: Panayiotis Gerasimou
Anorthosis3–0APOEL
Sosin   9', 49', 58' Report
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Marios Tsaggaris

UEFA Champions League edit

Main article: 2007–08 UEFA Champions League

First qualifying round edit

APOEL  2–0  BATE Borisov
Michael   42' (pen.)
Machlas   61'		 Report
Attendance: 10,971
Referee: Olivier Thual
BATE Borisov  3–0
(a.e.t.)		  APOEL
Stasevich   14'
Platonaw   74'
Bliznyuk   104'		 Report
Attendance: 4,500
Referee: William Collum

BATE won 3–2 on aggregate.

Cyprus FA Shield edit

Main article: Cyprus FA Shield
APOEL1–2Anorthosis
Pinto   68' Report Boaventura   17'
Nicolaou   59' (pen.)
Attendance: 5,356
Referee: Iraklis Tsikinidis

Cypriot Cup edit

Main article: 2007–08 Cypriot Cup

Fourth round edit

APOEL6–0Olympos Xylofagou
Tavares   7', 52'
Corović   43'
Fernandes   73'
Makrides   76'		 Report
Attendance: 1,322
Referee: Demetris Demetriou
Olympos Xylofagou0–3APOEL
Report Tavares   42'
Corović   60'
Sapanis   78'
Attendance: 39
Referee: Yiannakis Ioannou

APOEL won 9–0 on aggregate.

Group B edit

Final table
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Anorthosis (A) 6 4 2 0 10 4 +6 14 Advanced to Semi-Finals
2 APOEL (A) 6 3 2 1 9 4 +5 11
3 Ayia Napa (B) 6 2 0 4 6 12 −6 6
4 Aris Limassol (A) 6 1 0 5 9 14 −5 3
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head away goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored.
Anorthosis1–1APOEL
Sosin  84' (pen.) Report Satsias   50' (pen.)
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Panikos Andronikou
APOEL3–1Ayia Napa
Torres   2'
Sapanis   18'
Tavares   27'		 Report Skourides   79'
Attendance: 936
Referee: Yiannis Anastasiou
Aris0–2APOEL
Report Louka   35'
Torres   90+2'
Attendance: 246
Referee: Yiannis Anastasiou
APOEL3–1Aris
Corović   37'
Mirosavljević   88', 90+1'		 Report Alekou   74'
Attendance: 373
Referee: Demetris Demetriou
APOEL0–0Anorthosis
Report
Attendance: 1,757
Referee: Leontios Trattou
Ayia Napa1–0APOEL
Achilleos   33' Report
Attendance: 15
Referee: Stelios Zafiris

Semi-finals edit

Omonia2–1APOEL
Mguni   8'
Pletsch   33'		 Report Makrides   80'
Attendance: 11,920
Referee: Ilias Mazarakos
APOEL2–0Omonia
Michael   41'
Mirosavljević   72'		 Report
Attendance: 12,737
Referee: Georgios Kasnaferis

APOEL won 3–2 on aggregate.

Final edit

APOEL2–0Anorthosis
Morais   53'
Mirosavljević   76'		 Report
Attendance: 20,280
Referee: Dimitris Kalopoulos

APOEL won the 2007–08 Cypriot Cup (19th title).

Notes edit

  1. ^ Match abandoned (at 2–0) after 46 minutes due to rioting by Apollon fans. APOEL awarded the match with the existing (before interruption) 2–0 score.
  2. ^ Match abandoned (at 2–2) after 90+8 minutes due attack to the referee by Apollon players and pitch invasion by Apollon fans. APOEL awarded a 2–0 win.
  3. ^ Match played in a neutral stadium because APOEL handed stadium ban after their supporters displayed a banner with racist content in a previous game.

References edit

  1. ^ "Jovanović reappointed by APOEL". UEFA. 8 January 2008. Archived from the original on 18 May 2008. Retrieved 20 May 2008.
  2. ^ "Team Roster" (in Greek). APOELFC.com.cy. 16 April 2008. Archived from the original on 19 April 2008. Retrieved 16 April 2008.
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